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Patented Apr. l, 1924.

riff; TATES CHARLES C. BRO-WN, 0F KNOXVILLE, PENNSYLVANEA..

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V Application filed July 19, 1922. Serial No. 576,152.

To all whom it muy concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLES'C. BROWN, citizen of the United States, residing at Knoxville, in the county of Tioga and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rugs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved rug and seeks, as one of its principal objects, to provide a rug which will not slip upon polished floors under the weight of a person stepping on the rug.

The invention has as a further object t0 provide a rug which will be frictionally held against slipping and wherein the rug will be so const-ructed that scratching'or other injury to a Hooi' by the rug will be prevented.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rug embodying a friction grill to lie against the floor for frictionally holding the Arug against slipping and wherein the grill will be fluted to effectually engage'the floor as well as to hold the rug against creeping under the weight of a person stepping upon tlie rug.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a rug wherein the r1 ll may be readily detached from the fa ric body of the rug so that when the fabric body becomes worn out, the grill .may be removed and applied to a new fabric body.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

lln the drawing:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan View of my improved rug, particularly illustrating the friction grill of the rug,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view.

showing the fluting of thegrill, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view particularly showing the manner in which .the grill is detachably connected to the fabric body of the rug. l In carrying the invention into effect, I employ a rug body 10. This rug body may be of fabric .or other approved material and, in the present instance, Yis shown as being oblong in shape. Lying against the lower side of the rug body is a friction grill or element 11. This friction grill is also oblong in shape to conform to the contour of the iug body but is slightly smaller than the rug body so that the margins of the rug body will, when the rug is lying upon a floor, sag downwardly over the edges of the grill to touch the oor and consequently conceal the grill. The grill is formed from a single piece of rubber and preferably comprises a plurality of intersecting diagonally disposed webs 12 connected at their ends by a rim band 13 and extending through thc band and through several of the webs 12 are staples 14 securing the grill to the rug body. As best shown in Figure 3, the staples are preferably first inserted through the grill and then through the rug body when the free ends of the staples are bent downward against the upper side of the rug body.

Attention is now directed to the fact that the grill 11 is fluted at its lower side, the flutes extending transversely of the grill. Consequently, the ribs thus produced will, in the practical use of the rug, lie aga-inst the floor to frictionally coact therewith so that the grill will el'ectually hold the rug against slipping. Furthermore, the diagonal webs of the grill, in conjunction with the ribs, will `function to prevent the rug from creeping under the weight of a person stepping thereon. I accordingly provide a rug which may be safely used upon polished floors and, as will now be seen, when the rug body becomes worn out, the grill may` be readily detached therefrom n used in conjunction with a new rug Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A rug including a rug body, a friction grill overlying the rug body at its lower side, and means extending through the grill and rug body detachably connecting the grill thereto.

2. A rug including a rug body, and a friction rill' carried by the rug bod at its lower si e, the grill conforming in s ape to the outline of the rug body and terminating rubber friction grill overlying the rug body near the edges thereof, and staples detachat its lower side, the grill comprising a plu l0 ably connecting the grill to the rug body. rality of intersecting diagonally disposed 3. A rug including a rug body, and a Webs and being fluted at its lower face.

6 friction element overlying the rug body at In testimony whereof I aiix my signaits lower side, the lower face of said element ture. being fiuted.

4. A rug including a rug body7 and n CHARLES C. BROWN. [1.. s,] 

